“Hope for the best and prepare for the worst” is a well-known proverb to almost everyone. The tragedy is: when the “bad” comes, most of us are not ready, when the “worst” comes – we do one thing – “hope for the best”. By NORXIS

Are you ready for the next disaster?

Today, the amount of data being created by businesses is outstripping their ability to store it. According to the report from IDC, the ‘digital universe’ will grow to 1.8 zettabytes (1.8 billion terabytes) in 2011, up 47% from 2010, and rocketing toward over 7ZB by 2015.

We rely on our data so much that very few businesses can continue to operate in the event of IT failure or major disaster, whether man-made or natural.